“Joe has excellent problem solving and analysis skills with highly technical projects. He has been very successful in large company environment consulting and has achieved a high level of success in running a small corporate product company.
Most notably, Joe operates with a high level of integrity and is well trusted by peers and people he works with.”
- Gordon Landies
President
IMSI
Helping businesses get results since 1990
Joseph Kolinger is Principal Consultant of Kolinger Associates and CEO/CTO of OfficeWork Software (www.officeworksoftware.com), He is an expert in software engineering, project management, and organizational psychology. His track record includes over 25 years of growing no-nonsense project management capability within organizations of diverse sizes and cultures, from Internet start-up companies to Fortune 100 corporations. He has held technical, project management, senior management and consulting positions at AT&T, Kaiser-Permanente, IMSI, PM Connect, Intel/Compaq, and Fireman’s Fund Insurance. Joe’s key accomplishments have been the rescue of failing projects and implementation of process, tools, and techniques to ensure repeatable success. He has trained hundreds of management and technical personnel to effectively manage complex projects under dynamic and adverse circumstances. Mr. Kolinger holds bachelor and masters degrees from the University of San Francisco and is certified in Project Management and Systems Development.
A note from the founder:
When you engage our firm I am the lead consultant that will work with you. I am an expert at pinpointing root cause in problem projects and I bring in relevant associates as needed. But I would like to explain that our service is built around my personal specialty, which is troubleshooting projects and then helping others learn to do what I do. This way a project remains on track after I leave. The capability of the team increases. Consider me as like an ‘emergency room doctor’ for projects. I diagnose, stabilize, and get recovery started so that the ‘patient’ can be turned over to a long-term care doctor. Managing projects is a tough business fraught with challenges. The clients – reasonably – are tough to satisfy. The teams are under immense pressure. It’s easy to get into trouble.
But as Einstein said, “The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.” That means an outside perspective may see the root of your problem faster than you ever will. In a complex, stressful project, objectivity fades the longer you stay in the situation. You need an outside perspective.
If you are concerned about a project, or a portfolio of projects, give me a call. The assessment is free, and your investment of one hour may very well bring the exact result you have been looking for.